Short Biography

Mikaela Shiffrin, born on March 13, 1995, in Colorado, is an alpine skier. She is considered the record-breaking woman in the sport:

  1. 15 years and 364 days -> first race in the World Cup
  2. 18 years and 351 days -> first victory
  3. 138 total podiums (including 88 victories)
  4. 35,3% –> percentage of victories

Specialty Description

Mikaela Shiffrin has competed in 6 different disciplines in alpine skiing:

  1. Slalom
  2. Giant Slalom
  3. Super-G
  4. Downhill
  5. Combined
  6. Parallel Slalom

Questions

While developing the dataset, I have posed the following questions:

  1. In which types of specialties does Mikaela Shiffrin have better performance?

  2. How many times has she reached the podium?

  3. Has she improved every season?

  4. Which tracks has she had excellent performances on multiple occasions?

Let’s answer the 1⁰ question

In which types of specialties does Mikaela Shiffrin have better performance?

Specialties Number of Competition
Giant Slalom 86
Slalom 104
Super-G 27

Average Points per Season

Let’s answer the 2⁰ question

How many times has she reached the podium?

Number of podiums per season

Let’s answer the 3⁰ question

Has she improved every season?

So, Let’s answer the 3⁰ question

Let’s answer the 4⁰ question

Which tracks has she had excellent performances on multiple occasions?

Ski slope Name Number of Competition
Are 18
Courchevel 14
Killington 11
Levi 13
Semmering 11
Zagabria 10

World Ski Map

Conclusions

Conclusions

To summarize:

  1. Mikaela Shiffrin’s best discipline is slalom, as seen in the first graphs.

  2. Out of 249 races, she has reached the podium 138 times, with 88 victories.

  3. There have been improvements in almost every season, and as we have seen, the trend of average scores per season is increasing.

  4. We have also learned that when she goes to Austria, specifically to Semmering, her opponents can only dream of second place because the first place is already occupied by Mikaela Shiffrin.

  5. Mikaela Shiffrin is the greatest skier of all time, rewriting the history of alpine skiing. She has shown that limits do not exist for her. She will remain a legend in sports forever.

Websites from which I obtained the data to create the dataset on Mikaela Shiffrin: